Eric Kripke

Eric Kripke (born 1974)[1] is an American writer, director, and producer. He is best known as the creator of The WB/The CW fantasy drama series Supernatural (2005–present), the NBC post-apocalyptic drama series Revolution (2012–2014), the NBC science fiction series Timeless (2016–2018), and the Prime Video superhero action series The Boys (2019–present).

Eric Kripke
Kripke at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	1974 (age 45–46) Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupation	Writer director producer

Early life

Kripke was born in Toledo, Ohio, to a Jewish family.[2] He is a 1992 graduate of Sylvania Southview High School, Kripke often created home movies with friends to show to other students.[3] His artistic influences include John Bellairs.[4] He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1996 as a member of the Gamma Eta Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha.[5]

Career

Kripke wrote and directed two 1997 short films: Battle of the Sexes[6] and Truly Committed. He later developed and wrote for The WB's 2003 television series Tarzan, which was cancelled after eight episodes,[3] and followed this by writing the 2005 film Boogeyman.[7] Furthermore, he was an associate producer for the 2011 romantic action thriller The Adjustment Bureau.[8]

He was developing his first feature film Haunted, for a 2012 release. In August 2011, it was announced that Kripke was developing a series for The CW Television Network based on the DC Comics character Deadman, but no series materialized.[9]

Boogeyman

Main article: Boogeyman (film)

Prior to his success with Supernatural, Kripke co-wrote the screenplay for the film Boogeyman, which was released in early 2005. The film focuses on Tim, played by Barry Watson, who is suffering the loss of his mother; he goes home to confront the supernatural creature who he believes killed his father and is also the reason for his mother's demise.[10]

Supernatural

In 2005, Kripke created the series Supernatural, which is about two brothers' (Sam and Dean Winchester) personal battle against demons, poltergeists and other supernatural phenomena. Kripke currently serves as a part-time executive consultant as of season seven[11] on the series after serving as the show's primary showrunner for the first five seasons. Supernatural first aired on The WB. It now airs on The CW, which was created by The WB's 2006 merger with UPN.

Revolution

Main article: Revolution (TV series)

After Kripke stepped down as primary showrunner for Supernatural following the show's fifth season, he began developing other projects. One of these projects, entitled Revolution was picked by NBC for the 2012–13 season.[12] The series centers on a group of characters struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a post-apocalyptic world where everything electronic has mysteriously stopped working, and centers around their battle to resolve the blackout. It stars Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, David Lyons, Giancarlo Esposito, Elizabeth Mitchell, Graham Rogers and Anna Lise Phillips co-starring.[13]

Revolution has a Metacritic rating of 64/100 from 32 reviews. Glenn Garvin from The New York Times wrote, "Revolution is big, bold and brassy adventure, a cowboys-and-Indians story for end times."[14]

Revolution was cancelled by NBC after two seasons.[15]

Jacked

In April 2015, Kripke announced he is writing the comic book series called Amped (later re-titled Jacked) for Vertigo and DC Comics to be released in fall 2015.[16]

The story follows Josh Jaffe, a neurotic family man who buys an online ‘smart pill’ to increase his focus and jolt him out of his slump, but gets much more than he bargained for. To his surprise, the pill gives him incredible strength and power. From then on, Josh will start to experience both the mighty highs and humiliating lows of being a real-life superhero.

At the same time, it was announced that a TV adaptation is being developed for USA Network, with Kripke serving as both the writer and executive producer. The series will be co-produced by Kripke Enterprises and Warner Horizon Television.[17]

Timeless

Main article: Timeless (TV series)

In August 2015, It was announced that Kripke, along with fellow writer Shawn Ryan, were developing an action-adventure show Timeless for NBC. Described as "Back to the Future meets Mission: Impossible," Timeless is a high-octane hour-drama about an unlikely trio traveling through time to battle unknown criminals in order to protect history as we know it. Ryan and Kripke co-wrote the script and executive-produced with Davis Entertainment’s John Davis, John Fox and MiddKid Productions. After being cancelled after one season, a fan campaign was made to revive the series for a short second season which was again subsequently cancelled when ratings did not improve. The series was copied from the Spanish tv show: "El Ministerio del Tiempo".

The Boys

Main article: The Boys (2019 TV series)

On April 6, 2016, It was announced that Cinemax was developing a television series adaption of the comic book. The production was being developed by Kripke, Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen. Kripke was set to write the series while Goldberg and Rogen were set to direct. Krikpe, Goldberg, Rogen, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Ori Marmur, James Weaver, Ken Levin and Jason Netter. Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson were set as co-executive producers. Production companies involved with the series included Point Grey Television, Original Film and Sony Pictures Television.

Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Credited as			Notes
		Writer	Director	Producer
Battle of the Sexes	1997	Yes	Yes	No	Short film
Truly Committed	1997	Yes	Yes	No	Short film
Boogeyman	2005	Yes	No	Yes
The Adjustment Bureau	2011	No	No	Associate
The House with a Clock in Its Walls	2018	Yes	No	Yes

Television

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

Title	Year	Credited as				Network	Notes
		Creator	Director	Writer	Executive Producer
Tarzan	2003	Yes	No	Yes (2)	Yes	The WB
Supernatural	2005–present	Yes	Yes (2)	Yes (17)	Yes	The CW	Executive producer (seasons 1–6: 128 episodes); Executive consultant (seasons 7–13: 159 episodes)
Ghostfacers	2010	Yes	No	No	Yes
Supernatural: The Anime Series	2011	Yes	No	No	No	BS11
Revolution	2012–2014	Yes	No	Yes (4)	Yes	NBC
Timeless	2016–2018	Yes	No	Yes (1)	Yes
The Boys	2019–present	Yes	Yes (1)	Yes (2)	Yes	Prime Video

References

1. Abbott, Stacey; Lavery, David, eds. (2011). TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural. ECW Press. p. 273. ISBN 9781770900349.
2. https://www.jweekly.com/2012/09/07/celebrity-jews97/
3. Smith, Ryan E. (August 17, 2008). "Sylvania area native gives city a role in his TV series". The Toledo Blade. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
4. "Deadline New York". Retrieved 2012-05-31.
5. "USC School of Cinematic Arts - Friends & Alumni - Notable". The University of Southern California. Archived from the original on 2006-08-29. Retrieved 2006-10-11.
6. Glumbert: "Battle of the Sexes"
7. Schneider, Michael (June 22, 2008). "Eric Kripke scores WB TV deal". Variety. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
8. Chang, Justin (February 24, 2011). "The Adjustment Bureau". Variety. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
9. Byrne, Craig (August 25, 2011). "Deadman TV Series In Development At The CW From Supernatural's Eric Kripke". KSiteTV.
10. "de beste bron van informatie over reelcriticreviews. Deze website is te koop!". reelcriticreviews.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
11. "TVLine: Ask Ausiello". Retrieved 2014-06-15.
12. Michael Ausiello (2012-02-02). "Pilot Scoop: NBC Orders J.J. Abrams/Eric Kripke Thriller Revolution". TVLine. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
13. Andreeva, Nellie. "2ND UPDATE: '1600 Penn', 'Animal Practice', 'New Normal', 'Revolution' & 'Save Me' Picked Up To Series At NBC". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
14. "Metacritic data for Revolution". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
15. Matt Webb Mitovich (2014-05-09). "NBC Cancels Revolution and 4 Others". TVline.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
16. Arrant, Arrant (April 7, 2015). "SUPERNATURAL Creator Develops New Fall Vertigo Series & TV Adaptation". Newsarama.com. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
17. Goldberg, Lesley (April 7, 2015). "TV Upfronts: USA Developing Dramas From Rob Reiner, Catherine Hardwicke, 'Supernatural' Boss". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 7, 2015.

External links

• Eric Kripke on IMDb
• Official website